diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index da8717076500fb..f14dc495f236e3 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -34,6 +34,16 @@ module.exports = {
         'no-undef': 0,
       },
     },
+    {
+      files: ['package.json'],
+      parser: 'jsonc-eslint-parser',
+    },
+    {
+      files: ['package.json'],
+      rules: {
+        'lint/react-native-manifest': 2,
+      },
+    },
     {
       files: ['flow-typed/**/*.js'],
       rules: {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 99ba86cfcda926..ec19e9b585b139 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
     "update-lock": "npx yarn-deduplicate"
   },
   "workspaces": [
-    "packages/*"
+    "packages/*",
+    "tools/*"
   ],
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "18.2.0"
diff --git a/tools/eslint/package.json b/tools/eslint/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8a45d1133bbc15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/eslint/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "name": "@react-native/eslint",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "jsonc-eslint-parser": "^2.3.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tools/eslint/rules/__tests__/react-native-manifest-test.js b/tools/eslint/rules/__tests__/react-native-manifest-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3bff931bac9ecb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/eslint/rules/__tests__/react-native-manifest-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+const rule = require('../react-native-manifest.js');
+const {RuleTester} = require('eslint');
+
+const ruleTester = new RuleTester({
+  parser: require.resolve('jsonc-eslint-parser'),
+});
+
+ruleTester.run('react-native-manifest', rule, {
+  valid: [
+    {
+      code: JSON.stringify({
+        name: '@react-native/package-name',
+      }),
+    },
+    {
+      code: JSON.stringify({
+        name: '@react-native/package-name',
+        dependencies: {
+          dependencyA: '1.0.0',
+        },
+        devDependencies: {
+          dependencyB: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      }),
+    },
+    {
+      code: JSON.stringify({
+        name: '@react-native/monorepo',
+        devDependencies: {
+          dependencyB: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      }),
+    },
+    {
+      code: JSON.stringify({
+        name: 'react-native',
+        dependencies: {
+          dependencyA: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      }),
+    },
+  ],
+  invalid: [
+    {
+      code: JSON.stringify({
+        name: '@react-native/monorepo',
+        dependencies: {
+          dependencyA: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      }),
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'propertyDisallowed',
+          data: {
+            property: 'dependencies',
+            describe:
+              "Declare 'dependencies' in `packages/react-native/package.json`.",
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    {
+      code: JSON.stringify({
+        name: 'react-native',
+        devDependencies: {
+          dependencyA: '1.0.0',
+        },
+      }),
+      errors: [
+        {
+          messageId: 'propertyDisallowed',
+          data: {
+            property: 'devDependencies',
+            describe: "Declare 'devDependencies' in `<root>/package.json`.",
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+});
diff --git a/tools/eslint/rules/react-native-manifest.js b/tools/eslint/rules/react-native-manifest.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9fa488f78a624c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/eslint/rules/react-native-manifest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+/**
+ * React Native's monorepo requires that "devDependencies" be declared at the
+ * root package.json and "dependencies" in the `react-native` package.json to
+ * permit the ability to segment dependent workspaces into 1) a development
+ * workspace root (which depends on the monorepo) and 2) a production workspace
+ * (which depends on the `react-native` package).
+ */
+const PACKAGE_CONSTRAINTS = {
+  '@react-native/monorepo': {
+    disallowed: [
+      {
+        property: 'dependencies',
+        describe:
+          "Declare 'dependencies' in `packages/react-native/package.json`.",
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+  'react-native': {
+    disallowed: [
+      {
+        property: 'devDependencies',
+        describe: "Declare 'devDependencies' in `<root>/package.json`.",
+      },
+    ],
+  },
+};
+
+module.exports = {
+  meta: {
+    type: 'problem',
+    docs: {
+      description: 'Enforce react-native manifest constraints',
+    },
+    messages: {
+      propertyDisallowed:
+        "'{{property}}' is disallowed in this file. {{describe}}",
+    },
+    schema: [],
+  },
+
+  create(context) {
+    // @see https://www.npmjs.com/package/jsonc-eslint-parser
+    if (!context.parserServices.isJSON) {
+      return {};
+    }
+    return {
+      'JSONExpressionStatement > JSONObjectExpression'(node) {
+        const propertyNodes = {};
+        for (const propertyNode of node.properties) {
+          propertyNodes[propertyNode.key.value] = propertyNode;
+        }
+
+        const name = propertyNodes.name?.value?.value;
+        const constraints = PACKAGE_CONSTRAINTS[name];
+        if (constraints == null) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        for (const {property, describe} of constraints.disallowed) {
+          const propertyNode = propertyNodes[property];
+          if (propertyNode == null) {
+            continue;
+          }
+          context.report({
+            node: propertyNode,
+            messageId: 'propertyDisallowed',
+            data: {property, describe},
+          });
+        }
+      },
+    };
+  },
+};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5b6555117deb27..95222d7d302834 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -5650,6 +5650,11 @@ eslint-visitor-keys@^2.0.0, eslint-visitor-keys@^2.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-visitor-keys/-/eslint-visitor-keys-2.1.0.tgz#f65328259305927392c938ed44eb0a5c9b2bd303"
   integrity sha512-0rSmRBzXgDzIsD6mGdJgevzgezI534Cer5L/vyMX0kHzT/jiB43jRhd9YUlMGYLQy2zprNmoT8qasCGtY+QaKw==
 
+eslint-visitor-keys@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.4.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-visitor-keys/-/eslint-visitor-keys-3.4.3.tgz#0cd72fe8550e3c2eae156a96a4dddcd1c8ac5800"
+  integrity sha512-wpc+LXeiyiisxPlEkUzU6svyS1frIO3Mgxj1fdy7Pm8Ygzguax2N3Fa/D/ag1WqbOprdI+uY6wMUl8/a2G+iag==
+
 eslint-visitor-keys@^3.3.0, eslint-visitor-keys@^3.4.1:
   version "3.4.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/eslint-visitor-keys/-/eslint-visitor-keys-3.4.1.tgz#c22c48f48942d08ca824cc526211ae400478a994"
@@ -5700,7 +5705,7 @@ eslint@^8.17.0, eslint@^8.19.0, eslint@^8.23.1:
     strip-json-comments "^3.1.0"
     text-table "^0.2.0"
 
-espree@^9.4.0:
+espree@^9.0.0, espree@^9.4.0:
   version "9.6.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/espree/-/espree-9.6.1.tgz#a2a17b8e434690a5432f2f8018ce71d331a48c6f"
   integrity sha512-oruZaFkjorTpF32kDSI5/75ViwGeZginGGy2NoOSg3Q9bnwlnmDm4HLnkl0RE3n+njDXR037aY1+x58Z/zFdwQ==
@@ -7727,6 +7732,16 @@ json5@2.2.3, json5@^2.1.0, json5@^2.2.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/json5/-/json5-2.2.3.tgz#78cd6f1a19bdc12b73db5ad0c61efd66c1e29283"
   integrity sha512-XmOWe7eyHYH14cLdVPoyg+GOH3rYX++KpzrylJwSW98t3Nk+U8XOl8FWKOgwtzdb8lXGf6zYwDUzeHMWfxasyg==
 
+jsonc-eslint-parser@^2.3.0:
+  version "2.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonc-eslint-parser/-/jsonc-eslint-parser-2.3.0.tgz#7c2de97d01bff7227cbef2f25d1025d42a36198b"
+  integrity sha512-9xZPKVYp9DxnM3sd1yAsh/d59iIaswDkai8oTxbursfKYbg/ibjX0IzFt35+VZ8iEW453TVTXztnRvYUQlAfUQ==
+  dependencies:
+    acorn "^8.5.0"
+    eslint-visitor-keys "^3.0.0"
+    espree "^9.0.0"
+    semver "^7.3.5"
+
 jsonc-parser@^3.2.0:
   version "3.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/jsonc-parser/-/jsonc-parser-3.2.0.tgz#31ff3f4c2b9793f89c67212627c51c6394f88e76"